Railway brake beam support



June 18, 1935. H. c. DIXON RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT Filed Jan. 12,1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR M a W A ORNEY June 18, 1935.

H. C. DIXON RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORTL Filed Jan. 12, 1932 2Sheets-$heet 2 AT RNEY Patented June 18, 1935 V v p f A UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE RAILWAY BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT Harold .0. Dixon, Chicago,Ill., assignor to Pressed Steel Car Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., acorporation of New Jersey Application January 12, 1932, Serial No.586,126

1 Claim. (Cl. 188210) My invention pertains to supports for brake arefastened to. the safety bar and inserted beams of railway cars,particularly those emerthrough slots 6 in the spring plank flanges 3. Ingency supports which are normally idle and the Fig. 2 it will beobserved that the web I. of the means for securing same in place uponthe spring brackets embraces the spring plank and one 5 plank or otherparts of the car truck. bracket 5 is secured rigidly to the safetysupport, 5

It sometimes happens that brake beam mechathe other bracket 5 beingmovably mounted nisms of railway cars become detached from theirthereon. This method permits of rapid assembly mountings by reason ofbreaking of parts or loss and reduces the number of loose parts.Obthereof and to prevent accidents or serious damviously either or bothof these brackets 5 can be age, safety supports are provided for thebrake movably mounted on the safety support and the 10 beam. These areusually structural or cast memsafety support can be of any desiredcontour. bers of various forms and are secured to the truck Inassembling the safety support on the spring spring plank and extendlongitudinally of the plank the operation is as follows: the safetytruck beneath the brake beams. bar I with the bracket 5 rigidly securedthereto An object of my invention is to provide an is insertedlongitudinally of the truck with the 15 emergency support and bracketsfor securing free flange of the bracket 5 engaging the slot 6 same tothe truck requiring a minimum of space in the flange 3 of the springplank. The other for attachment. bracket 5 is then inserted with one endthrough Another object of my invention is to provide the slot 6 in theflange 3 of the spring plank and a a mounting bracket which is simple inconstrucbolt 8 passed through the opening in the bracket 20 tion,strong, and economical to manufacture, and 5 and safety bar I. Astandard nut and a lock which can be easily and quickly assembled. nutare usually placed upon the bolt 8 in order to In the drawingsaccompanying this description, guard against loss of the bolt 8.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a railway car Having thus describedthe invention, What I truck showing the relation of the brake mechaclaimas new and desire to secure by Letters 25 nism to one form of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a Patent is: v section taken along the lines 22 ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 In a railway car truck a spring plank, a brake is asection along the lines 3--3 of Fig. 2. beam safety support beneath saidspring plank,

In the embodiment of my invention as shown oppositely disposed angularmembers mounted f in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the safety supon saidsafety support and aligned slots in said 30 p I is mounted p a Spring pa k 2 avi spring plank for receiving said angular members,v de fla 3 a aConnecting W b Brake one of said members being rigidly secured to saidbeams are shown extending l ngitudinally Of t e support and the otherbeing movably mounted to Spring p The Safety pp rt I is secured o permitattachment of said safety support.

the spring plank by means of brackets 5 which HAROLD C. DIXON.

